BACTERIOLOGY AND IMMUNITY 



Bacillus anthracis, j3-]ysins, effect of on, 1173 



pathogenicity of, 844, 1730 et seq. 



smooth and rough forms of, 301, 

 843 



tabulated differentiation of from 

 pseudoanthrax bacilli, 846 



variants of, 842, 845 

 anthracoides, 838, 846, 847 

 aterrimus, 850 

 cereus, 855 

 cohcerens, 855 

 Jusijormis, 855 

 globigii, 850 

 graveolens, 855 

 megatherium, 839 et seq., 852 

 mesentericus, 851 

 mesentericus niger, 850 

 mesentericus panis viscosi, 850 

 mesentericus ruber, 850 

 mycoides. 853 

 panis, 850 

 pefasites, 855 

 polymyxa, 855 



pseudoanthracis, 838 et seq., 846, 847 

 rotans, 855 



stibtilis, 838 e< se^., 849 

 terminalis, 855 

 tumescens, 855 

 vulgatus, 850 

 Bacteraemia, 1490 



after operative procedure, 1515 

 oral sepsis associated with, 1515 

 suppression of in immune animal, 1047 



in normal animal, 1037 

 Bacteria, aggressive action of. 1068-1074 



antigenic structure of, 273-285. See also 



Antigenic structure of bacteria 

 arrangement of, 35 

 autotrophic, 61 

 cell wall of, 27 



chemical constitution of, 42-45 

 classification of, 310-323 

 epidemic strains of, 1260, 1471 

 examination of, methods used in systema- 

 tic, 364-372 

 gaseous requirements of, 69 

 heterotrophic, 61 

 identification of, 357 

 importance of for life, 1989 

 infectivity of in relation to virulence, 



1261-1263 

 intestinal, as food-stuffs, 1991 

 life-c^-clc of, 34 

 metabolism of, 45-74 

 modes of division of, 33-36 



in rough variants, 300 

 moiTihology of, 16-39 

 nomenclature of, 310-323 

 nutritional requirements of, 61 

 reproduction of, 33, 80-99 

 respiration of in relation to growth, 85 

 size of, 16, 84, 358 

 staining of, 37 



temperature requirements of, 360 

 variation of, 288-307. See Variation of 



bacteria 

 virulence of. See Virulence of bacteria 



Bactericidal action of normal and immune 



serum, 192 

 Bactericidal substances, use of in obtaining 



pure cultures, 354 

 Bactericidins, 228. See also Antigen-antibody 

 reactions 

 natural, 1086 

 Bacteridie, 1730 

 Bacteridium. See Bacillus anthracis 



aurantiacum, 626 

 Bacteriolj^sis, 192, 228. See also Antigen- 

 antibody reactions 

 Bacteriophage, 325-347 



absorption of, specific, by bacteria, 334 

 antigenic property of, 341 

 antiphage sera, 342 

 autolytic theory of, 328 

 bacterial precursor of, 337 

 carrier strains among bacteria, 345 

 different types of, 340 

 classificatipn of, 343 

 differentiation of by testing against 

 resistant bacteria, 340 

 by various methods, 343 

 discontinuous multiplication of, 333 

 ecology of, 345 

 enzyme theory of, 328 

 genetic theory of, 328 

 growth of bacteria in relation to, 327 

 habitat of, 327, 345 

 identification of bacteria by, 338 

 in relation to Flexner bacilli. 693 

 killing of bacteria by, without lysis, 334 

 lysogenic strains of bacteria, 346 

 lytic action of, 327 



calcium in relation to, 333 



citrate in relation to, 333 



inhibition of by bacterial antigens 



and haptens, 339 

 mechanism of, 333 

 methods of demonstrating, 326 

 microscopical observation of, 336 

 quantitative study of, 333 

 metabolism of, 332 

 multiplicity of, 328 

 nature of, 327 

 plaques formed by, 326 

 different types of, 343 

 size of in relation to size of bacterio- 

 phage, 344 

 physical state of, 329 

 production and bacterial growth, 337 

 resistance to various agents, 332 

 resistant strains of bacteria in relation to, 



340 

 role of in infection and immunity, 1215 

 size of, 330 

 specificity of, 338 



relation of to antigenic structure of 

 bacteria, 338 

 spores, bacterial, in relation to, 347 

 symbiotic with bacteria, 346 

 variation of, 345 

 variation of bacteria, as cause of, 305, 



340 

 virus theory of, 327 

 Bacteriostasis, 159 



